When sending well-rounded wine gifts to a loved one, it’s important to not stop at the bottle of wine. While the bottle is important (and probably the most important!), there are other wine gifts that should be included in an effective wine gift basket:

1)      The corkscrew. You can never be sure whether or not your loved one has a working corkscrew handy, especially if it’s someone you do not see often. Including the corkscrew guarantees that the bottle can be enjoyed immediately, if so desired.

2)      Drip ring. While wine professionals know how to pour without dripping, many of us amateurs will still have that solitary drip running down the side of the bottle. The drip ring will prevent that.

3)      Stopper. There are exceptions to this, but many times someone will open a bottle of wine, enjoy a glass, and then set it aside for later. Jamming the cork in can delay staleness, but a proper wine stopper will help that bottle last for days longer.

4)      Wine thermometer. As a general rule of thumb, white wines and champagnes are chilled, while red wines are served at room temperature. Including the wine thermometer will give your loved one the ability to tell when the wine is at a drinkable temperature.

The number 1 rule is to compete in all eight segments of today’s job market. ITS is best known for providing all the openings, leads and contacts a job seeker will need, but in our advanced strategies section we instruct job seekers in all 15 Rules for Success. Here is a summary of some of the key points:

· Use all segments. For best results, use all five segments of the published market… and all three segments of the unpublished market.

· Pinpoint goals. With 30 million resumes in circulation, you need to pinpoint your job goals and use a multiple resume concept.

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· Uncover emerging jobs. You can uncover emerging jobs and make contact with employers before there is any competition. ITS makes this easy and fast with “Emerging Jobs Super Search.”

· Create a job. Many people have had jobs created for them. There are proven techniques for doing this.

· Convert interviews to offers. There are five proven rules for interviewing that can give you a competitive edge.

ITS offers Personal Marketing Services that goes far beyond Outplacement Career counseling. ITS uses its own unique technology to give job seekers access to as much as 85% of the advertised openings, including those from newspapers, recruiter openings, job boards, employer sites, and trade magazines. It also provides access to the unadvertised job market among employers, recruiters and growth companies.

For additional information: pr@changingcareers.com or contact Tom Mortenson at 800-320-1277.

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